Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival

Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is proud to present the world’s largest youth drama festival at The Shaw Theatre.

Join us on 14th March for a thrilling theatrical event, featuring a series of abridged Shakespeare plays, performed by local schools.

See Shakespeare’s timeless stories brought to life, and support young people from your community as they take to the stage in a unique evening of live theatre.

Details of the schools performing at The Shaw Theatre can be found on our website: https://www.shakespeareschools.org/pages/theatre-festival-performances

“If Shakespeare had been sitting in the audience, he would have loved everything he saw.” Ben Willbond, actor and screenwriter (Ghosts, Horrible Histories, The Thick of It)

Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is a national cultural education charity, dedicated to transforming young lives through the unique power of Shakespeare. We exist to instill curiosity, empathy and aspiration - and give children across the UK the confidence and essential skills to succeed in life.

Our 2024-25 Theatre Festival will give students from more than 350 schools a platform to further their oracy and teamworking skills, grow in self-esteem and express themselves on a professional stage.

Join the conversation using @SSF UK #OurStage

Performances start at 7pm. Tickets: £10.75/£8.75. Group rate: £8.